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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "tax clearance" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. )
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • mastercardxclaimsaward@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: SCOTTDAVIS@mchsi.com (Mrs.Lamalia Wills)
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:54:28 +0000
Subject: MasterCard® / Microsoft® INTERNATIONAL MEGA JACKPOT

MasterCard® / Microsoft® INTERNATIONAL MEGA JACKPOT
BARCLAYS BANK PLATINUM VISA CARD
BARCLAYS PREMIERSHIP
MICROSOFT OFFICE, UNITED KINGDOM
REGISTRATION NO: 9027641
INSURANCE NO: MSTC007
TAX CLEARANCE NO: 28457
AMOUNT WON: £6,600,000.00

MasterCard® / Microsoft® INTERNATIONAL MEGA JACKPOT UK. TABLE OF
REWARD.

This email address has brought you an unexpected luck, please read
through this message. Your e-mail address was selected and confirmed by our
co-sponsor Microsoft International, through their latest internet software. You
are therefore been approved by MasterCard Int. /Microsoft UK the sum of
£6,600,000.00 (SIX MILLION, SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS). Equivalent
to $11,064,000 USD. (Eleven Million, sixty four thousand US Dollars). In
cash, Credited to MasterCard No. 5148 6547 8940 6543, and With Reg. No.
MCIMJ: 5148/4178, you are the sixth lucky winner of the total winners of 10
take note. You all won £6.6, million Pounds each. Be informed that your prize
(MasterCard No: 5148 6547 8940 6543) has been insured and ready for pay out.
Contact your claims administrator for further instructions, MasterCard® /
Microsoft® Claims Administrator


Name: MATT HERSHENSON.
Promotion Award Team
Head Winning Claims Dept.
E-MAIL: mastercardxclaimsaward@yahoo.com.hk


Again for your information, all the 10 participants were selected
through the Microsoft computer ballot system (MCBS) drawn from each continent
and
from each ISP, by the most powerful Microsoft Software Incorporation, as part
of
our International "E-MAIL" Promotions Program, to promote the use of
MasterCard’s and the use of Microsoft Offices all over the World. Further
more, to
promote the use of online payments, for the settlement of debts (taxes) and
payment of bills. Your funds £6.6, million pounds, has been lodge in this
MasterCard (5148 6547 8940 6543), insured and ready for payment. All you have
to do is
provide the necessary information to process your MasterCard Certificate and to
upgrade our up coming WEBSITE. Please note that they are imposters (Scammers)
who pretend to be us, so be careful and report to me any case of double
information you receive from someone else.


Do email the above Claims Administrator, at once with all the claims
requirements below. To avoid unnecessary delay. They are needed to
proceed.


Claims Requirements:

Name:
Age:
Contact Address:
Telephone Number:
Fax Number:
Occupation:
MasterCard No/ MCIMJ No:
Ballot winning No: 6782
Winning Email address:
Amount Won: GB 6.6 Million Pounds


PROCEEDURES / RIGHTS AND PRECAUTIONS.

1. Contact the Claims Administrator with all your claims requirements
well filled.

2. Your Winning Credit card MasterCard (5148 6547 8940 6543), has been
insured to it real value.

3. Payments are made in Great British Pounds. (£6.6, million pounds)

4. Any mail received of such should be reported to the claims
Administrator above. This will help fight scam.

5. Your claims administrator, has the due right to disqualify you for
misconduct

6. Do not reply this mail, please, contact your claims administrator by
email as given above OK?

7. All prizes should be claimed on or before 21 days (three weeks)
after announcement.


Secretary
Mrs.Lamalia Wills @
MasterCard® / Microsoft® Mega Jackpot.
WARNING!!!
ANY MAIL RECIEVED OF THIS SUCH WITH ANY OTHER TRADE MARK OR ADDRESS
SHOULD BE FOWARDED TO YOUR CLAIMS AGENT IMMEDIATELY; THIS WILL HELP US TO FIGHT
SCAM AND LOTTERY IMPOSTERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED CO-OPERATION.

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